A very interesting book. An exploration of a relationship which develops between an alien (with a very well thought out background) and a human woman. In between their growing friendship we have the alien’s thoughts about humans, and God, and love. Not much else happens, so to speak, but the journey alongside the characters is worthwhile and intriguing. At times there are large info dumps which does slow things down, and sudden jumps in point of view. But this is a good novel, and I look forward to his future work with interest.

My favourite set of books. Ever. The greatest influence upon my life and my inspiration to become an author. The books are fantasy, with a fascinating world. But above all the story is about love, and hate, and love despite betrayal.

I really really wanted to like this book. As a teenager I adored the Pern books. But although this credits Anne McCaffrey, it's obvious that her son Todd has done most of the writing. Surely the reason we want Pern books is because we want to read about the wonderful dragons and their riders. Instead what we have here is a long novel going into boring details about day to day life in the sky weyr. The dragons have very little characterisation and end up being little more than transport vehicles.

If you want to read excellent Pern fiction, go to the three novels called 'Dragonchoice' here: http://www.dragonchoice.com/

This book left me with mixed feelings. I did guess the 'reveal' about twenty pages before it was divulged, but that's probably because I've read some of the non fiction books on the subject. I don't want to add more to spoil this for anyone else. But I found the rationale for writing the story hard to find. What message was the author trying to give? I also wasn't that convinced by the main character. So perhaps an interesting experiment, but I was left wanting something more.